Howl's Moving Castle meets The House in the Cerulean Sea in Andrea Eames' Sunday Times
bestselling cosy fantasy: a cheeky butcher's daughter a befuddlingly handsome sorcerer and
his clever talking cat unlock magical secrets in the dark heart of their kingdom - and just
might discover the meaning of true love. Everyone in Foss Butcher's village knows what happens
when the magic-workers come they harvest human hearts to use in their spells. That's just how
life in her kingdom works. But Foss plain clumsy and practical as a boot never expected
anyone would want hers. When a sorcerer snags a piece of Foss's heart without meaning to she
is furious. For once a heart is snagged the experience is ... well unpleasant. So Foss finds
herself stomping toward the grand City to keep his enchanted House and demands that he fixes
her before she keels over and dies or whatever happens when hearts are Snagged. But the
sorcerer Sylvester is not what she expected. Petulant idle and new to his powers Sylvester
has no clue how to undo the heart-taking or how to do much of anything really apart from
sulk. Foss's only friend is a talking cat and the walls themselves have moods. As Foss searches
for a cure she accidentally uncovers that there is much more to the heart-taking - and to the
magic-workers themselves - than she could have ever imagined...
